Indigenous Peoples Movies

  • 2002
    No Loitering

    No Loitering

    No Loitering

    02002HD

    An intimate portrait of teenagers trying to understand their world and their possibilities. The film weaves together video shot by teens and by the...

    No Loitering
  • 2010
    Round Up

    Round Up

    Round Up

    02010HD

    This short film traces Pete Standing Alone's personal journey from cultural alienation to pride and belonging. As a spiritual elder, teacher and...

    Round Up
  • 2008
    Two villages, one single walk

    Two villages, one single walk

    Two villages, one single walk

    102008HD

    With no Forest left to hunt and no land to cultivate, the Maby-Guarani depend on the sale of their handcraft to survive. Three young Guarani...

    Two villages, one single walk
  • 1943
    Eskimo Arts and Crafts

    Eskimo Arts and Crafts

    Eskimo Arts and Crafts

    01943HD

    How Inuit peoples perform arts and crafts, on the island of Baffin Island on what is now the territory of Nanavut.

    Eskimo Arts and Crafts
  • 1975
    Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance

    Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance

    Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance

    01975HD

    Presents the history of the conflict between the Canadian government and the Kwakiutl Indians of the Northwest Pacific over the ritual of the...

    Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance
  • 1978
    Wandering Spirit Survival School

    Wandering Spirit Survival School

    Wandering Spirit Survival School

    01978HD

    Wandering Spirit School, organized by concerned parents, broke with tradition by introducing subjects that are of particular relevance to its pupils....

    Wandering Spirit Survival School
  • 1972
    The Other Side of the Ledger: An Indian View of the Hudson's Bay Company

    The Other Side of the Ledger: An Indian View of the Hudson's Bay Company

    The Other Side of the Ledger: An Indian View of the Hudson's Bay Company

    01972HD

    The Hudson's Bay Company's 300th anniversary celebration was no occasion for joy among the people whose lives were tied to the trading stores. This...

    The Other Side of the Ledger: An Indian View of the Hudson's Bay Company
  • 1963
    The Education of Phyllistine

    The Education of Phyllistine

    The Education of Phyllistine

    01963HD

    An orphaned indigenous girl is taken away to an all white school so that the school can get grant money.

    The Education of Phyllistine
  • 1977
    Get Out of Here!

    Get Out of Here!

    Get Out of Here!

    01977HD

    A rural community in the Ecuadorian Andes suddenly faces a land dispute with the legal representatives of a large company. The discovery of very rich...

    Get Out of Here!
  • 1995
    Our Indians

    Our Indians

    Our Indians

    5.51995HD

    Yndio do Brasil is a collage of hundreds of Brazilian films and films from other countries - features, newsreels and documentaries - that show how...

    Our Indians
  • 1978
    Wood Mountain Poems

    Wood Mountain Poems

    Wood Mountain Poems

    01978HD

    In this short documentary, Canadian poet Andrew Suknaski introduces us to Wood Mountain, the south central Saskatchewan village he calls home. In...

    Wood Mountain Poems
  • 2015
    The Mountain

    The Mountain

    The Mountain

    02015HD

    For hundreds of years, Taiwan has been under different colonial rules. From the Dutch, the Spanish, the Japanese, and nowadays Republic of China,...

    The Mountain
  • 1955
    No Longer Vanishing

    No Longer Vanishing

    No Longer Vanishing

    01955HD

    No Longer Vanishing
  • 2020
    The pink indian against the invisible beast: Noel Nutels' battle

    The pink indian against the invisible beast: Noel Nutels' battle

    The pink indian against the invisible beast: Noel Nutels' battle

    02020HD

    Public health physician Noel Nutels' ideas and the footage he made of Brazilian indigenous peoples between 1940 and 1970 come together to denounce...

    The pink indian against the invisible beast: Noel Nutels' battle
  • 1974
    Cree Hunters of Mistassini

    Cree Hunters of Mistassini

    Cree Hunters of Mistassini

    71974HD

    An NFB crew filmed a group of three families, Cree hunters from Mistassini. Since times predating agriculture, this First Nations people have gone to...

    Cree Hunters of Mistassini
  • 2008
    Travelling

    Travelling

    Travelling

    02008HD

    Nedarma (Travelling) is one of several documentary features co-directed by Anastasia Lapsui and Markku Lehmuskallio that portray the daily lives of...

    Travelling
  • 2019
    Spirit of the Reindeer

    Spirit of the Reindeer

    Spirit of the Reindeer

    02019HD

    The third and final part of a trilogy based on Arctic creation myths. The film is a multifaceted tissue weave of myths and traditions reflected in...

    Spirit of the Reindeer
  • 2017
    Alsina's Trench

    Alsina's Trench

    Alsina's Trench

    62017HD

    Documentary film about the "zanja de Alsina", a long trench dug in the Argentinian Pampa in 1876 as way to separate the "civilized" from the...

    Alsina's Trench
  • 2023
    Mborairapé

    Mborairapé

    Mborairapé

    02023HD

    RAP is a music path. Jaraguá is Guarani.

    Mborairapé
  • 1973
    The Colours of Pride

    The Colours of Pride

    The Colours of Pride

    01973HD

    Tom Hill, a Seneca artist and curator, explores the works of four contemporary Indigenous artists.

    The Colours of Pride